Molecular and Morphological Characterization of Fasciola spp. Isolated from Different Host Species in a Newly Emerging Focus of Human Fascioliasis in Iran
Table 2
Comparative morphometrical data on adults F. hepatica and F. gigantica from naturally infected cattle, sheep, and goat of the Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, southwest of Iran.
Parameters (mm)
F. hepatica
F. gigantica
Host
Cattle
Sheep
Goat
Cattle
Number of adult flukes
19
19
22
18
Body length (BL)
15.09–36.84*
19.77–37.37
20.58–32.58
27.22–51.19
23.08 ± 5.27**
28.17 ± 5.14
27.31 ± 3.67
41.08 ± 6.12
Maximum body width (BW)
6.23–13.22
8.37–13.88
9.07–21.41
7.03–8.98
9.93 ± 1.79
11.33 ± 1.47
11.89 ± 2.49
8.14 ± 0.62
Body width at ovary level (BWOv)
2.6–5.26
3.36–6.01
3.95–10.39
2.76–4.3
3.95 ± 0.68
4.7 ± 0.84
5.45 ± 1.31
3.36 ± 0.49
Cone length (CL)
1.70–2.88
1.77–3.03
1.62–3.13
2.54–3.72
2.26 ± 0.36
2.47 ± 0.43
2.26 ± 0.38
3.1 ± 0.35
Cone width (CW)
2.08–3.94
2.3–4.38
1.89–3.69
3.01–4.34
2.92 ± 0.41
3.13 ± 0.62
2.91 ± 0.41
3.56 ± 0.34
Maximum diameter of oral sucker (OS max)
0.49–0.96
0.33–0.88
0.57–0.95
0.61–1.05
0.69 ± 0.14
0.7 ± 0.12
0.71 ± 0.1
0.81 ± 0.11
Minimum diameter of oral sucker (OS min)
0.57–1.13
0.51–1.23
0.65–1.13
0.84–1.13
0.78 ± 0.13
0.85 ± 0.17
0.83 ± 0.12
0.96 ± 0.08
Maximum diameter of ventral sucker (VS max)
0.84–1.28
0.91–1.76
0.64–1.62
1.31–2.09
1.1 ± 0.11
1.29 ± 0.20
1.21 ± 0.19
1.76 ± 0.2
Minimum diameter of ventral sucker (VS min)
0.84–1.52
0.82–1.77
0.98–1.38
1.21–4.1
1.06 ± 0.15
1.19 ± 0.19
1.17 ± 0.11
2.99 ± 0.74
Distance between anterior end of body and ventral sucker (A-VS)
1.58–3.3
1.84–3.36
0.96–3.52
2.18–2.93
2.43 ± 0.45
2.57 ± 0.48
2.45 ± 0.53
2.59 ± 0.24
Distance between suckers (OS-VS)
1.01–2.31
1.25–3.04
1.38–2.53
1.34–2.28
1.73 ± 0.38
1.97 ± 0.48
1.81 ± 0.31
1.79 ± 0.24
Distance between ventral sucker and union of vitelline glands (VS-Vit)
9.22–20.93
8.58–20.93
11.24–19.64
11.4–27.99
12.47 ± 3.27
16.06 ± 3.3
15.93 ± 2.24
19.79 ± 6.49
Distance between Vit and posterior end of body (Vit-P)
2.79–12.23
6.89–13.41
3.02–11.96
8.39–26.71
7.16 ± 2.6
8.83 ± 1.85
8.13 ± 2.31
17.83 ± 4.91
Distance between VS and posterior end of body (VS-P)